INDIANAPOLIS — A polar bear that lived most of her life at the Indianapolis Zoo has died at the Detroit Zoo.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo has two new additions.

INDIANAPOLIS — How would you like to get close to a polar bear? What about a seahorse or sea turtle? While you can’t get close to the real thing, you can certainly get close to a Lego® creation.

INDIANAPOLIS — The zoo announced Wednesday that its 22-year-old Sumatran orangutan, Sirih, is pregnant with her second offspring.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis zoo announced Thursday its newest member to its forests family — a baby white-handed gibbon. And, it’s the first gibbon ever born at the zoo!

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo has three new additions to its family — three African lion cubs!

The Indianapolis Zoo has introduced its newest resident, Calypso, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. She was born at the zoo to mother Kalei and father Kimo April 24. Calypso weighed 39 pounds when she was born, and has already grown to more than 70 pounds. Zoo officials say she is the granddaughter of Nova, the matriarch …read more.

The Indianapolis Zoo has welcomed two new koala residents this week. Milo and Thackory arrived via a Southwest Airlines flight from Queensland, Australia, Monday evening. Milo is four years old. He is the son of Coombah, who was part of the koaka exhibit at Indianapolis Zoo in 2008. Milo means “eye” in Aboriginal. Zoo officials …read more.

The Indianapolis Zoo has welcomed a pair of endangered Amur tigers as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan program. Luka and Maxim, who are both two years old, were born at the Peoria Zoo in Illinois. The brothers join the zoo’s other Amur tigers, six year old Andrea and her …read more.

When the Indianapolis Zoo began planning the Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center, officials envisioned a dynamic exhibit that would engage guests to discover more about orangutans and inspire them to help save the endangered apes from extinction. Now, nearly nine years later, the impact of those efforts is finally coming into focus. Bolstered by a …read more.

Once again, the Indianapolis Zoo will host the city’s largest annual Bilingual Career Fair, sponsored by Radio Latina. A wide variety of local and regional employers will be present from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 to meet and speak with job seekers. Event to be held in White River Gardens at the Indianapolis …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Organizers from nonprofit groups urged Indiana lawmakers Wednesday not to kill the sales of specialty license plates that raise much of their funding. A legislative study committee heard about an hour of testimony from representatives of organizations as diverse as the Indianapolis Zoo, Bicycle Indiana and the Patriot Guard. The proliferation of …read more.